Gender Role Attitudes and Male Adolescent Dating Violence Perpetration: Normative Beliefs as Moderators

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 350-360

  Reyes, H Luz McNaughton ^a   Foshee, Vangie A ^a   Niolon, Phyllis Holditch ^b   Reidy, Dennis E ^b   Hall, Jeffrey E ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dating violence; Gender role attitudes; Longitudinal; Normative beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PEER GROUP; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84954386862     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-015-0278-0     Document Type: Article

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